missort
/mɪsˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
missort verb: to sort incorrectly; to misorder.
Verb
missort (third-person singular simple present missorts, present participle missorting, simple past and past participle missorted)
- To sort incorrectly; to misorder.
- And if four clubs was to be taken as natural, presumably South had missorted his hand, perhaps originally thinking he had 4-3-3-3 distribution when he was really 7-3-3-0; or, more likely, he had a six-card club suit and was willing to risk ending in four no-trump if North did not have extra values.2007 February 17, Phillip Alder, “A Forgetful Bidding Moment, but Lady Luck Comes Calling”, in New York Times
Noun
missort (plural missorts)
- An incorrect sorting.
- Something incorrectly sorted.
Forms of missort
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | missorts |
| present participle | missorting |
| past participle | missorted |
| past | missorted |
| Noun | |
| plural | missorts |
Origin of missort
From mis- + sort.
Questions about missort
- What does missort mean?
- Missort means to sort incorrectly; to misorder.
- What part of speech is missort?
- Missort can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce missort?
- Missort is pronounced /mɪsˈsɔː(ɹ)t/.
- What is the past tense of missort?
- The past tense of missort is missorted.
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